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• 75% of enterprise data expected to be processed on the edge by 2020

  17-09-2019 19:54
  Industry experts participating in the Edge Computing Congress shared their views on how and when enterprises can benefit from edge computing.
  Vodafone believes the market is quickly evolving from a centralised cloud to distributed cloud, expecting 75% of enterprise generated data will be processed outside of a centralised data centre by 2020.
  This year’s Edge Computing Congress is being held in west London, where stakeholders on the value-chain are bouncing ideas off each other on how edge
  
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• The top five markets to watch in the Asia-Pacific MVNO sector

  17-09-2019 18:28
  Telecoms.com periodically invites third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this article, Helen Gaden of the MVNOs Series talks us through some of the key findings of a recent report they conducted into the Asia-Pacific MVNO market.
  The Asia-Pacific region is alive with examples of every single nuance that plays a role in the MVNO industry – positive, open regulatory environments, and those that shut the door on virtual operators completely, highly
  
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• NTT Docomo set to ditch Huawei phones over Android fears – report

  17-09-2019 18:22
  Japanese operator group NTT Docomo will not offer Huawei smartphones when it launches its 5G network next year, according to a report.
  The scoop comes courtesy of Nikkei Asian Review, which chatted to some NTT execs that preferred to keep it on the QT. The reason for this sudden reticence is fairly simple: if Google pulls the plug on Android support for Huawei phones the operator doesn’t want to be stuck with thousands of very expensive bricks that nobody wants to buy.
  If this is true then
  
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• Apple and Ireland begin appealing €14.3bn tax bill

  17-09-2019 16:35
  Lawyers representing Apple and the Irish Government has begun their arguments in the EU’s lower General Court in an attempt to protect the suspect corporate tax environment.
  In 2016, the European Commission ordered the Irish Government to collect back-taxes off Apple to the tune of €14.3 billion, including interest. Apple does not want to pay tax. Ireland does not want to collect it. Europe wants a level playing field. The lawyers are looking forward to nuance to bolster their bank ac
  
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• Plans to reopen the Brentford to Southall railway

  17-09-2019 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A plan to convert a little used freight railway in West London for passengers has taken a step forward.
  The railway line was opened in 1859 and ran from Southall down towards the Thames in Brentford. Although built mainly for freight, it included two very small passenger stations and ran a regular passenger service.The council has been working on a scheme for some years to resurrect the line, with a new station built in Brentford and passenger services restored to Southall. A key factor for the
  
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• GSMA boasts of climate change progress

  17-09-2019 13:27
  The GSMA has announced 50 telcos around the world have signed-up to an initiative to drive greater transparency through the industry with regard to its contribution to climate change.
  Representing more than 66%, 5.2 billion, of the worlds’ mobile connections, the 50 telcos will disclose their climate impacts, energy and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The initiative will also include the development of an industry-wide plan to achieve net-zero GHG emissions by 2050 in line with the Paris A
  
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• Find Mendelssohn’s tree stump in the Barbican

  17-09-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  In the Barbican is a most curious relic, a stump of a tree which is it claimed, may have regularly shaded the composer Felix Mendelssohn during his frequent visits to where the tree stood.
  It’s not local though, as Mendelssohn’s musings took place in Burnham Beeches, out in Buckinghamshire.However, since 1880, Burnham Beeches has been a remote outpost of the City of London when the City bought it to stop the area being flattened for housing.
  Then in 1990, Mendelssohn’s tree was
  
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• HTC taps Orange for new CEO

  17-09-2019 12:43
  Struggling Taiwanese device maker HTC has finally found a full-time CEO by tapping into the European telecoms scene.
  Former Orange exec Yves Maitre (pictured, no relation) takes over as CEO with immediate effect. He replaces owner and Chairwoman Cher Wang, who stepped in as CEO more than four years ago after deciding to throw in the towel on smartphones.  Wang has spent that time pivoting HTC towards virtual reality and the Vive headset, as well as some other connected devices.
  Maitre was m
  
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• AT&T sued for massaging DirecTV figures

  17-09-2019 12:38
  If there is a headache in the shape of activist investor Elliott Management already, AT&T executives will be reaching for the aspirin once again as investors sue over suspect figures.
  Filed in the US District Court for Southern New York, Melvin Gross is the man leading a coalition of investors to sue AT&T, suggesting the management team misled investors over the performance of its DirecTV video products. The massaged figures might be viewed as an attempt to save face (as well as jobs), t
  
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• Zylpha’s Pay-As-You-Bundle Software Drives Efficiency And Client Care At Ann McCabe Solicitors

  17-09-2019 11:55
  Family law specialists, Ann McCabe Solicitors, have chosen digital document bundling software from Zylpha (www.zylpha.com) to use in conjunction with their LEAP case management software. Zylpha’s highly secure system enables the practice to produce digital bundles in a fraction of the time and cost it would take to compile them manually. The time saved can be now spent helping clients with their cases.Based in Newcastle under Lyme, Ann McCabe Solicitors represent clients throughout North S
  
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• IBC 2019: Are the nuances of the content world being understood by telcos?

  17-09-2019 11:05
  The traditional telco business model is being commoditised, this is not new news, but with more telcos seeking to drive value through content, do they understand the nuances of consumer behaviour?
  Once again at IBC in Amsterdam, it is an OTT which is grabbing attention. This should come as little surprise considering the disruption which this fraternity is thrusting on the world of telecoms, media and technology, though here it is more than gratuitous. Cécile Frot-Coutaz, the head of YouT
  
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• AddOn Networks levels optical transceivers playing field worldwide

  17-09-2019 10:00
  Following huge success in the US, the company is set to take the EMEA region by stormCirencester, UK, 17 September 2019 – AddOn Networks, the largest global supplier of compatible transceivers and optical connectivity solutions, is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a successful launch into the EMEA market. Following decades of success disrupting the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) market in the US with its superior quality and service, the company is set to bring about...Source:
  
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• Take a look at the Crossrail station under Bond Street

  17-09-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Of all the Crossrail stations, the most controversial has to be Bond Street – as it’s so behind schedule that it might not open when the Elizabeth line’s own delayed opening takes place.
  It shouldn’t be so far behind schedule, as although it’s being built in a very tight spacewith lots of other tunnels around, it’s still fairly similar to the other stations in central London. Two surface buildings for new station entrances, and a series of long tunnels linking
  
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• US firms continue to dominate the Global 100

  17-09-2019 02:00
  AT&T retained its crown as the world’s biggest telco, over the last financial year, posting revenues of €142.048 billion, comfortably edging out its domestic rival Verizon on €111.512 billion.The news comes as Total Telecom launches the latest edition of its Global 100 report…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• O2 ramps up R&D for 5G connected ambulances

  17-09-2019 02:00
  O2 has announced that it is to accelerate its research and development in the field of 5G connected ambulances, after signing a deal with Samsung and the NHS in the UK…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Angola Cables and TM Global plot new subsea route for the Southern Hemisphere

  17-09-2019 02:00
  Angola Cables and TM Global have obtained a proof of concept certification for a proposed subsea link between Asia and Latin America, taking a direct route through the southern hemisphere.
  Currently, the majority of traffic between the regions is directed through longer routes in the northern hemisphere…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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